At a time when internal bickering has come to the fore in the State BJP, former Deputy Chief Minister K.S. Eshwarappa has blamed the Congress leaders, who shifted to the BJP, as the reason for the unwelcome developments in the party.
Addressing presspersons along with Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi in Hubballi on Monday, Mr. Eshwarappa said that the BJP had suffered for welcoming Congress leaders into the party.
Mr. Eshwarappa termed ‘Operation Lotus’ as the cause of defeat for the BJP, expressing his displeasure over the entry of Congress leaders into the party, which ultimately resulted in the BJP coming to power with the fall of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government.
